Over the last few days a little grey blue cat has appeared in our back garden. The first time I noticed it was when it was sat on top of our garden waste bin eagerly devouring left over mashed potato that I had put out for the birds during the snow.( I know you frugal ladies and gents are probably tutting now thinking I could have saved it and whipped up some bubble and squeak or something but I was running out of things to feed our feathered friends!). I thought poor little thing it must be a stray and fed it some of Marmalade's food. When it reappeared from under our Christmas tree a day or so later (still waiting for us to either take it to the garden waste recycling at the tip or put it in our garden waste bin which is still choc full -first collection not due until march) I assumed that was its shelter. To cut a long story short after buying several cheap tins of cat food and rigging up a cardboard box bed lined with old towels last night in our greenhouse, this morning when I looked out of our windows it was staring back at me....from the bedroom window of the house behind ours!! The little minx had obviously been playing games with us! I won't fall for that one again.
Had it been a stray Marmalade would never have tolerated it setting foot over our threshold, she is the ruler of a one cat household. She never goes out these days but I wonder if she ever tried that trick on anyone near our old house? Wouldn't you love to have a hidden camera on your cat's collar to see what they got up to?
Had it been a stray Marmalade would never have tolerated it setting foot over our threshold, she is the ruler of a one cat household. She never goes out these days but I wonder if she ever tried that trick on anyone near our old house? Wouldn't you love to have a hidden camera on your cat's collar to see what they got up to?
LOL What a cheeky pussy cat,I would of fallen for that as well Anne,its probably put the word out now around the cat neighbourhood.xxx
ReplyDeleteOnce we had what we thought to be a stray cat too around our house. She was cute and we felt sorry for her and fed her. Thing is after sometime we noticed she became a bit less friendly and with a round belly and was coming through our cat flap and hiding around our conservatory. Before she could have any kittens in our house and threat our so much loved cat, we decided to stop the whole "pity feeding" and she soon disappeared. I do wonder sometimes what my cat is up to when she is out. :) xx
ReplyDeleteCheeky little pussy-cat.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what it was thinking when you saw it staring back at you
Julie xxxxxxxx
That made me chuckle. She knew when she was on to a good thing.
ReplyDeleteCheeky little thing. I would have fed it just the same. Perhaps she is doing s survey to see which house has the best food!
ReplyDeleteHmmmm.... my lovely Millie is sleek and well-fed, but her utter scorn when food is dished up in this house makes me wonder.....
ReplyDeleteCats have a knack of finding a kind heart.
ReplyDeleteJane x
One of our previous cats went the rounds of our neighbours, was fed and watered and she made herself at home on the towel which they'd placed on the radiator for her! She always came home though.
ReplyDeleteLove from Mum
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Dear Anne
ReplyDeleteYour post made me smile! We have three cats - one whose real home is on the next street, but who has lived with us for 18 years, one who belonged to someone once, but who we rescued when he was either thrown out, or ran away and who appeared where we both work, and the last one who also had a home once but who has decided to come and live with us. Even the vet said that word must have got about in the cat community that we are a soft touch!
Best wishes
Ellie
This post made me smile, cat's really are special :)
ReplyDeleteYour Marmelade is beautiful, what a sweet photo of her in the blog sidebar.
This made me smile. I don't think Bold would tolerate another cat in the house. He went mad when another cat sat on the windowsill outside K and A's apartment!
ReplyDeleteThere are at least 3 or 4 cats that come to my backyard to visit my cat; one even comes up and peers in my french door which has a window so they can gaze in.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the cat didn't belong there either but had enveigled its way in by putting on the poor kitty face! Our cat, Oscar spends most of his days either in our neighbours house or their garden but will come miaowing at midnight to be let in! Of interest though was the time when Oscar wasn't well - they didn't want to know him then - incase they got lumbered with a vets bill, I suppose!
ReplyDeleteJune
Haha,,I used to have a very gregarious cat (Kuro) who visited all of his cat buddies houses and helped himself to their food. One lady qtr mile away told me she quite often came home to find him sitting on her stairs!
ReplyDeleteOh those cat's are so crafty. They know how to get they want. I'm sure it appreciated the extra food. Our cat has us pandering to it's needs.
ReplyDeleteAli x
There's a sweet cat at the top of our street(49) who got taken in at the bottom of the street(5) before being returned when her owners went knocking on doors. Then the other day the people at no.1 came by to see if we'd lost a cat as one was camping on their doorstep miaowing loudly. I picked it up and took it back to 49 and they hadn't seen it for 3 days. I wonder if it thought no.1 was no.5 or if it's slightly thick. Our street is straight. How can it get lost? Perhaps it just was trying to move house!
ReplyDeleteMarmalade is a beauty!
Hi Anne,
ReplyDeleteLove this posting....Have a great day!
Heidi
My in-laws gained a cat who simply decided to move into their house, from across the road. Fortunately they were willing to take her on and the original owners had tired of her when she was no longer a kitten. It's true that you don't own cats - they own you!
ReplyDeleteI think cats often do this sort of thing - clever, aren't they?! Your cat is lovely.
ReplyDeleteOoh I say they can be sneaky little things can't they. Praying on your good nature like that!
ReplyDeleteOh I can relate to this! I had a cat, Oyster, who would eat breakfast, I'd unlock the cat flap and she'd be straight round to the old lady next door. My batty neighbour would duly ring the bell at about 9pm every night to return her. She lived by herself and I think Oyster was great company for her although sometimes I wished she'd prefer her own home.
ReplyDeleteI've also been on the receiving end with a cat like your 'stray' who just turned up every morning. We were good and didn't feed him but as winter came sent him off with a note on his collar. An hour later the phone rang and his owner explained she'd had a baby and Frankie had barely been in the house since. What followed next was music to our ears, would we like him as he obviously liked us and she'd know he was warm, fed and safe? Did we need to think about it? Of course not.
Ellie
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Cats are so clever! Glad yours has a home or Marmalade might have ended up with a sibling.
ReplyDeleteCats are so clever. And knew you were a sweet person. At least you know it's safe and cared for.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it will pay you another visit.
Rosezeeta.
I think he knew a good thing when he saw it.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me smile.
ReplyDeleteOh - I hope that it was ok to laugh at this Anne - mind you I think if I could get away with having two dinners a day I would give it a try!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Jenny
Oh Anne, that made me laugh out loud! I love cats but I've become allergic to them for some reason. It's a shame because they do seem to like me and when I was younger I used to attract all the neighbourhood felines.x
ReplyDelete:-)
ReplyDeleteCarly
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what a cheeky cat!
ReplyDeleteOur Rosie was a stray. She tried all the houses down our lane before we fell for her plaintive cry of "I haven't got a home, nobody loves me, I'm starving". That was some 15+ years ago, since then she (rather than the others we had at the same time) has seen off any other strays trying the same ploy.
Carol xx